Carriers of snake medicine have traditionally been those who have survived multiple snake bites and thus gain the gift of transmuting all poisons—be they physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual—into power and greater life. The power of Serpent is the power of creation, embodied through healing sexuality, potent psychic energy, alchemy, reproduction, and ascension (or immortality).

Transmutation comes through being willing to experience all things willingly and without resistance. It is the knowledge that all things are equal in creation, and that those things which might be experienced as poison can be eaten, ingested, integrated, and transmuted if one has the proper state of mind. The medicine of the Serpent reminds us that Being is Universal.